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lift upTo lighten the mood of someone.Rate it:

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lift a fingerTo make minimal effort; to help as little as possible.Rate it:

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lift offTo take offRate it:

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lift someone's spiritsto cause someone to be cheerful or euphoric.Rate it:

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lift upTo elevate to a higher position.Rate it:

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e thumbA person with this skill.Rate it:

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Green ThumbHaving a great ability to grow flowers and plants, someone who is skill full in growing plantsRate it:

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rule of thumbA general guideline, rather than a strict rule; an approximate measure or means of reckoning based on experience or common knowledge.Rate it:

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brown thumbLack of skill at growing plants; something possessed by a poor gardener.Rate it:

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e thumbA natural skill for tinkering with electronics; or computers.Rate it:

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have a green thumbA person with a green thumb, a natural skill for gardening.Rate it:

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under one's thumbCompletely controlled by someone; at someone’s command..Rate it:

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thumb-warsInterlock two fists, lift up one thumb each and try to pin down the other players thumb to win the game.Rate it:

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green thumbA person with this skill.Rate it:

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green thumbA natural skill for gardening.Rate it:

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stick out like a sore thumbBe very noticeably different, especially in a negative way; to be particularly obtrusive, conspicuous, blatant, or prominent; to attract undue attention or notice.Rate it:

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thumb a rideTo secure a ride by flagging down a vehicle.Rate it:

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thumb a rideTo flag or signal a passing vehicle in hopes of securing passage.Rate it:

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thumb on the scaleAn act of bias or a tactic for cheating which creates a situation that unfairly benefits one party involved in an interaction.Rate it:

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thumb one's noseTo place a thumb upon the tip of the nose, usually while simultaneous wiggling one's fingers, in a gesture of disrespect.Rate it:

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thumb one's noseTo act disrespectfully, especially by flouting the object of disrespect.Rate it:

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pump ironTo lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training.Rate it:

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two-second ruleA rule of thumb for safe driving by which a driver must maintain a two-second distance from the vehicle in front.Rate it:

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jack upTo raise, hoist, or lift a thing using a jack, or similar means.Rate it:

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hold upTo support or lift.Rate it:

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fly like a rockto travel through the air with little or no benefit from aerodynamic liftRate it:

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hike upTo lift; to tug or pull upwards.Rate it:

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pull upLift upwards or vertically.Rate it:

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run backTo take someone home by car. Give someone a lift to their house.Rate it:

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dumb waiterrestaurant liftRate it:

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à vue de nezBy rule of thumb.Rate it:

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angle of attackThe angle between the chord line of an airfoil and the airflow over it; one of the determiners of the amount of lift produced by an airfoil.Rate it:

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applaudir un acteur à tout rompreTo applaud an actor so as to bring the house down (to lift the roof).Rate it:

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avoir la main verteto have a green thumb, to have green fingers, to be green-fingered.Rate it:

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break groundTo lift off the sea bottom when being weighed.Rate it:

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cock a snookTo spread one hand, place the thumb on the nose and wriggle some of the fingers as a gesture of disrespect.Rate it:

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den grünen Daumen habento have a green thumbRate it:

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faire la courte échelle à quelqu'unTo allow some one to climb on one’s shoulders to scale a height; To give a lift to some one.Rate it:

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faire un pied de nezto thumb one's noseRate it:

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get a leg upTo get a boost or a lift.Rate it:

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here's your signA sarcastic remark and gesture that is said and done when someone says something stupid. This is said while holding the back of your right hand in a fist to your forehead with the index finger and thumb extended to form an "L" for "Loser." This is done and said to someone when they ask an obvious question and they should have known the answer; it points out to someone how dumb the question was that they just asked.Rate it:

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lighter than airReference; Aircraft which maintain 'lift' because of 'gasses', 'hot vapors', 'heated air'; e.g. Blimps, Dirigibles, 'Hot-Air' Balloons: Able to lift objects, beings with weight greater than the Aircraft itself:Rate it:

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lire du pouce (or, doigt)To skip in reading (i.e. to do more work with the thumb than the brain).Rate it:

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main verteGreen thumb.Rate it:

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main vertegreen thumb.Rate it:

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pick upTo lift; to grasp and raise.Rate it:

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sordini levatilift the mutes; remove the dampersRate it:

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thumbs upA gesture signifying approval or okay; a thumb pointing up out of a fist.Rate it:

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wife upto spend extensive or excessive time with one’s wife or girlfriend; to be under a woman’s thumb; to be whippedRate it:

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